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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

On Saturday we did our 16th tour stop at Vroman's in Pasadena, CA. If you haven't been there you should go; it's awesome. And a big thanks to Connie, the book store rep, for being all around wonderful.

Some smiling faces in the crowd:

And hey, look! Our computer's working! Weird!

Our last-minute replacement baker was the phenomenal Linda Darck of Sweet Art Cupcakes. She made a meringue-based buttercream that was sooo good. The chocolate tasted like rich chocolate mousse, and John loved the strawberry so much that he stole a bunch of them to bring back to the hotel room for later. :D

Plus, look how pretty!

And a few of our fav wreckplicas:

A few fun Disney ones:

The photo on the table is of the Epcot attempt that went horribly, hilariously wrong. ;)

Seriously, you guys have mad wreckerating skilz.

(We'll put the rest of the entries on Facebook later this week, so watch for those.)

And our "winners!":

We didn't get a close-up of the stuffed bunny on the cupcake, but as you can see, it was a stuffed bunny. On a cupcake. John laughed so hard I think he teared up a bit. Then he stole the bunny. (Yes, we still have it.)

The suggestively hairy graduation cheese! Isn't it great?

And our grand prize "winner":

Complete with censor bars. Awesome.

Thanks to everyone who came out! Oh, and thanks also to wreckies Mike & Michelle for taking us to an amazing Afghan restaurant later, and not kidnapping us. That was swell.

That was so much fun! And I'm pretty sure the rest of the bookstore was wondering why we were laughing so hysterically. You guys should do a world tour every year. I'd actually come out and see you, as I'm such a loyal fan and all. I've heard you have fans in such places as New Zealand. Or slightly closer to home, Canada. Ok, how about Hawaii? That still counts as in the U.S. (heehee!)

No, no, no! On a CCC (ptooey,ptooey)the cupcakes are iced as one blob to try to fool the customer that it's a cake that just happens to be contained in lots of fluted paper cups.Those cupcake tiers are the way God intended cupcakes to be displayed- beautifully!

wv: micaling- as in, if I'm a wreckarator, maybe baking is not micaling.

At first glance I thought one of the censor bars on the grand prize "winner" cake was over the woman's eyes. Upon closer inspection, of course it was not, but the idea that even the fondant/cake woman herself didn't want to be associated with that wreck made me giggle!

If you would like to get a closer view of the details of the cupcakes (and to not have to look at my CRAZY looking hair!) I have some pictures on the Sweet Art Cupcakes FB page: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=145192&id=128514970521221

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